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2026

Journal Article

Creating life stories: facilitators and barriers to participatory recordkeeping for children in out‐of‐home care

Simpson Reeves, Laura, Bandaranayake, Kavya, Cubos, Jade, Dalton, Hayley, Hofrichter, Chloe and McIlmurray, Emily (2026). Creating life stories: facilitators and barriers to participatory recordkeeping for children in out‐of‐home care. Child and Family Social Work cfs.70260. doi: 10.1111/cfs.70260

Creating life stories: facilitators and barriers to participatory recordkeeping for children in out‐of‐home care

2026

Journal Article

Understandings of responsibility amongst Sāmoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane, Australia

Simpson Reeves, Laura (2026). Understandings of responsibility amongst Sāmoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane, Australia. Journal of Sociology 14407833261446987. doi: 10.1177/14407833261446987

Understandings of responsibility amongst Sāmoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane, Australia

2026

Journal Article

Belonging and identity in the Samoan diaspora

Simpson Reeves, Laura, Faleolo, Ruth (Lute), Parsell, Cameron and Liu, Shuang (2026). Belonging and identity in the Samoan diaspora. Journal of Intercultural Studies, 47 (3), 427-442. doi: 10.1080/07256868.2025.2598765

Belonging and identity in the Samoan diaspora

2025

Other Outputs

Raising Queensland: child and youth policy priorities

Healy, Karen, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Venables, Jemma and Nathanson, Caitlin (2025). Raising Queensland: child and youth policy priorities. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Raising Queensland: child and youth policy priorities

2024

Journal Article

The social and emotional wellbeing of children in out-of-home care: a scoping review exploring structural and social factors

Healy, Karen, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Boman, Madonna, Kolesnikova, Iryna, Povey, Jenny, Venables, Jemma, Baxter, Janeen and Thompson, Kate (2024). The social and emotional wellbeing of children in out-of-home care: a scoping review exploring structural and social factors. Children and Youth Services Review, 166 107991, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107991

The social and emotional wellbeing of children in out-of-home care: a scoping review exploring structural and social factors

2020

Journal Article

Towards a phenomenology of poverty: defining poverty through the lived experiences of the ‘poor’

Simpson Reeves, Laura, Parsell, Cameron and Liu, Shuang (2020). Towards a phenomenology of poverty: defining poverty through the lived experiences of the ‘poor’. Journal of Sociology, 56 (3), 439-454. doi: 10.1177/1440783319851204

Towards a phenomenology of poverty: defining poverty through the lived experiences of the ‘poor’

2015

Journal Article

Visualizing participatory development communication in social change processes: challenging the notion that visual research methods are inherently participatory

Simpson Reeves, Laura (2015). Visualizing participatory development communication in social change processes: challenging the notion that visual research methods are inherently participatory. International Journal of Communication, 9 (2015), 3327-3346.

Visualizing participatory development communication in social change processes: challenging the notion that visual research methods are inherently participatory

2026

Other Outputs

Bringing back care: reflections from a reciprocity research project

Simpson Reeves, Laura and Wright, Sally (2026). Bringing back care: reflections from a reciprocity research project. LCC Working Paper Series. 2026-28. Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland Australia. doi: 10.14264/eb57b73

Bringing back care: reflections from a reciprocity research project

2026

Conference Publication

Providing a healthy and safe start: multidisciplinary, integrated practice and community-led practice for health equity

Simpson Reeves, Laura, Hawley, Glenda and Healy, Karen (2026). Providing a healthy and safe start: multidisciplinary, integrated practice and community-led practice for health equity. International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC26), Birmingham, United Kingdom, 13-15 April 2026. London, United Kingdom: Ubiquity Press. doi: 10.5334/ijic.icic26258

Providing a healthy and safe start: multidisciplinary, integrated practice and community-led practice for health equity

2026

Other Outputs

The Family Connections Model: an Australian pilot

Healy, Karen, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Venables, Jemma, Thompson, Kate, Maxwell, Karina and Kolesnikova, Iryna (2026). The family connections model: An Australian pilot. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/dec37ce

The Family Connections Model: an Australian pilot

2026

Other Outputs

Supporting Families at the Edges of Care: UnitingCare Queensland Family Intervention Service (FIS) Process Evaluation Report

Venables, Jemma, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Nathanson, Caitlin, Gabiana, Christy, Moore, Joelle and Healy, Karen (2026). Supporting Families at the Edges of Care: UnitingCare Queensland Family Intervention Service (FIS) Process Evaluation Report. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Supporting Families at the Edges of Care: UnitingCare Queensland Family Intervention Service (FIS) Process Evaluation Report

2026

Other Outputs

Enhancing children’s journey through out-of-home care: final project report

Healy, Karen, Povey, Jenny, Venables, Jemma, Baxter, Janeen, Thompson, Kate, Kolesnikova, Iryna and Simpson Reeves, Laura (2026). Enhancing children’s journey through out-of-home care: final project report. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Enhancing children’s journey through out-of-home care: final project report

2026

Journal Article

Æffect: The Affect and Effect of Artistic Activism

Reeves, Laura Simpson (2026). Æffect: The Affect and Effect of Artistic Activism. International Journal of Communication, 20, 2450-2452. doi: 10.65476/b5f64595

Æffect: The Affect and Effect of Artistic Activism

2026

Journal Article

Review of The loneliness room: a creative ethnography of loneliness

Simpson Reeves, Laura (2026). Review of The loneliness room: a creative ethnography of loneliness. Visual Studies, 41 (1), 327-328. doi: 10.1080/1472586X.2025.2570285

Review of The loneliness room: a creative ethnography of loneliness

2025

Other Outputs

‘Every child, every woman: healthy and safe start’ program evaluation final report

Simpson Reeves, Laura, Hawley, Glenda, Gabiana, Christy and Healy, Karen (2025). ‘Every child, every woman: healthy and safe start’ program evaluation final report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

‘Every child, every woman: healthy and safe start’ program evaluation final report

2025

Journal Article

Access to transition planning and support for young people who self‐place when in out‐of‐home care: the perspectives of young people and practitioners

Venables, Jemma, Simpson Reeves, Laura, Ellem, Kathy, Healy, Karen and Cullin, Joel (2025). Access to transition planning and support for young people who self‐place when in out‐of‐home care: the perspectives of young people and practitioners. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 60 (3), 757-767. doi: 10.1002/ajs4.391

Access to transition planning and support for young people who self‐place when in out‐of‐home care: the perspectives of young people and practitioners

2024

Conference Publication

Hope labour and hustle culture: How the neoliberalisation of higher education continues to disadvantage women

Simpson Reeves, Laura (2024). Hope labour and hustle culture: How the neoliberalisation of higher education continues to disadvantage women. The Australian Sociological Conference, Perth, WA, Australia and online, 26-29 November 2024.

Hope labour and hustle culture: How the neoliberalisation of higher education continues to disadvantage women

2024

Conference Publication

Paralysed by precarity: a journey of productive procrastination towards PhD completion

Simpson Reeves, Laura (2024). Paralysed by precarity: a journey of productive procrastination towards PhD completion. The Australian Sociological Conference, Perth, WA, Australia and online, 26-29 November 2024.

Paralysed by precarity: a journey of productive procrastination towards PhD completion

2024

Conference Publication

A Longitudinal Approach to Exploring the Social and Emotional Well-Being of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children in Out-of-Home Care: A Research Innovation

Simpson Reeves, Laura and Healy, Karen (2024). A Longitudinal Approach to Exploring the Social and Emotional Well-Being of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children in Out-of-Home Care: A Research Innovation. International Conference on Health and Mental Health in Social Work, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 19-22 November 2024.

A Longitudinal Approach to Exploring the Social and Emotional Well-Being of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children in Out-of-Home Care: A Research Innovation

2024

Other Outputs

‘Ola Manaia’: exploring how Samoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane, Australia, conceptualise ‘the good life’

Simpson Reeves, Laura (2024). ‘Ola Manaia’: exploring how Samoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane, Australia, conceptualise ‘the good life’. PhD Thesis, Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/e1b034c

‘Ola Manaia’: exploring how Samoan diaspora in Greater Brisbane, Australia, conceptualise ‘the good life’